RTÉ's Storyland ***MEGA MERGE***

mknotaro wrote: »

As for the third episode, what was the story with the amount of cursing? Were they going for the Colm and Jim-Jim school of funny - cursing is funny, especially when you beep it out? I'm no prude, but cursing isn't comedy.

Yes it is, out here in the west it's an art form. A whole town can be in stitches over one perfect insult.

ScumLord wrote: »

Yes it is, out here in the west it's an art form. A whole town can be in stitches over one perfect insult.

You don't need to curse to prefect an insult.

Well done to Hardy bucks. It's plain sailing to the winners enclosure from here I'd say :D

So they'll be aired on RTE? Probably a late night slot on a Monday.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I noticed that one of the freebie papers (Herald or Metro, can't remember which) ran a short article about Psych Ward and the Storyland project in general today.

First I've seen about Storyland outside of the web. Did you guys get that in there as a press release Luke or were they working off their own initiative?

That was our press release that made it into Metro. It's a funny one, RTE have done very little, but my theory is that they are seeing how good the individual entrants are at generating online hype. Having said that, the lack of a permanent Storyland presence on www.rte.ie is pretty inexcusable.

Elmo wrote: »

I don't think it is great. RTÉ would be morons not to get behind Psych Ward.

It might be good in a one off special tv movie. It looks great and the actings fairly good but the 3rd episode just gave the whole story away. It just strikes me as more of a style over substance thing, at first I thought it was going to be a horror but now it's a straight forward moody version of the clinic. I'm not saying it's bad it just doesn't excite me all that much.

Hardy Bucks is fresh in that it's the only west of Ireland show since Fr Ted.

Elmo wrote: »

Ros Na Run, Single Handed, The Running Mate.

I think RTÉ should have run a Dramatic Storyland and a Comedy Storyland.

Probably should have, comedy will nearly always out trump drama. Is single handed the cop thing never really heard of any of those other than Ros Na Run which even though I don't watch it much at first glance looks like a far superior show to fair city.

i dont know if its an intended arc of the Hardy Bucks but the Boo is reallly emerging as the star i think, if you have followed the hardy bucks since the original demos on bebo i think eddie and buzz have got a little tired and predictable ,

a boo spin off show similar to joey from friends only not completely ****e, the boo moves to new york to start his acting / porn career???

afatbollix wrote: »

whats the big deal about a curse... its only a word at the end of the day... and in this day and age them words have no affect on people

There is no problem with cursing. But over use of the F word often leads to bad scripting (The Wire is the only show that got away with a scene using just the F word, and that was because the actors where very good at their job and could say the F word repeatly. just like on boards **** ****
**** oh **** **** **** )

are you having a laugh r u actually comparing them clowns colm and jimjim to Hardy bucks..! Thats mental. like i said before cursing is a big part of life.. its mockumentary//watch nearly any documentary and people curse.. especially one of the west!

As I said if you can get away with it then you should, but it shouldn't be used to shock, often shows (perhaps not Hardy Bucks) use the word to shock.

As I said a good insult is better then just telling someone to **** off. You don't need to curse in an insult.

ronnie3585 wrote: »

I disagree. Trailer Park Boys is a good example of where swearing is used to perfection. Ricky's 'fu*k offs' are an art-form and reading interviews with Mike Clattenberg its clear that the swears are given a lot of consideration before they were written in.

Which is what I said if you are going to swear be sure to know when it is appropriate for the script and also for the actor involved. I have seen some actors unable to swear and I have watched TV and film were swearing is dotted around the script as though the scriptwritter didn't know any other words, it doesn't make for good TV or Film.

I wouldn't be a huge fan of TPB. TBH.

Raymiiii wrote: »

i think ur all missing the point here. its mockumentary. So it needs a lot of realism thus a lot of cursing throughout the show as thats what happens in reality. To claim that hardy bucks are relying on cursing from a scripts point of view is just silly.

The point I made was from way back because some one suggested that you need cursing for good insults, which isn't the case. And I am talk generally not just about Hardy Bucks.

As a mockumentary The Office rarely used the F word. I realise it is a Mockumentary about an Office hence lack of cursing. But the same could be said of Paths to Freedom.